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Romance v Horror: Prelude to Battle
Romance fans, they can’t imagine the attraction of Horror. Horror fans grow queasy over the endless pages of romantic entanglements. Neither side believes the other gets close to reality. An...
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Writers After Dark: Romance v Horror
Once upon a time I didn’t understand the whole “writers coalition” stuff—things like conferences, meet-ups, workshops, etc. Writing seemed a solitary endeavor and those “other” things a distraction....
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Looking Back and Looking Forward
If there is one thing I can say about 2015 it is this: I am not the same person today as the one who stepped into the year 365 days ago. And the oddest part of that revelation—I don’t really know why...
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Dracula v Twilight: The I Can’t Even Edition
Back in late November, S. K. Anthony and I felt pretty confident we could produce our second episode of The Writers After Dark Series, Romance v. Horror with greater ease than the first. We had, after...
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Valentine’s v. Halloween: Writers After Dark Episode 3
Valentine’s and Halloween share many things in common. They are both co-opted pagan festivals, they both involve some amount of “treats,” and they both have become commercial successes in terms of...
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Writing: Maybe it’s not all in your head
I love reading. A love that began at a very early age. Once I learned to read, I read everything. The back of the cereal box, the ketchup bottle, the newspaper, books, comics, anything I could read—I...
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Reviews
Reviews—writers love them and hate them in equal measure. Reviews share many things in common with Christmas presents…or birthday presents. On the surface, they are an exciting prospect and just...
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Those Crazy Internet Memes
Those Internet-Facebook Memes…sometimes we love them—when they are funny, snarky or insightful. And sometimes…well…you just shake your head and think, “please don’t generalize just because you’re...
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The Digital Age: Redefining Real
Once upon a time, the only people we would ever meet or really come to know, were those who lived in the places we lived. Relationships were limited by geography. Much like it still is in Rhode Island...
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A Writer’s Public Journey
Basketball coach, John Wooden wrote: It’s what you learn after you know it all that really counts. It’s the greatest of temptations to believe our experience has made us wise, to marvel at our...
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